Which YW member is the fobbiest ?

[Craig]

Please list your nominations and voting choices. Alright, "fobbiest" isn't a word, but I think most of you will understand what is meant.

[golden_buns]

Technically I'm the fobbiest since I'm not asian-american

[ChinaLama]

SWK...cuz he's not beyond FOB...he's wannabe BOB.

[Chris]

SWK :)

[YuheiCarreau]

Originally posted by golden_buns@Apr 3 2003, 09:45 PM
Technically I'm the fobbiest since I'm not asian-american
I was born outside the US

I'm not Asian American either

I am a citizen of an Asian nation

And I'm still no FOB. It's an attitude thing, man.

I say SWK is the biggest wannabe FOB, and HH is... I dunno, the biggest FOB groupie :P . Dunno who the biggest FOB is, since he/she probably can't post on this forum in English!

[Chris]

Originally posted by YuheiCarreau@Apr 3 2003, 10:13 PM
Dunno who the biggest FOB is, since he/she probably can't post on this forum in English!
hai meh. ngor mm sic ying mun ar! :lol:

[SunWuKong]

no way man. i don't even have an accent when i speak english (even though some of my friends claim i do). i'm certain that a clearly obvious accent is the first and foremost qualification here.

[Adaon]

:lol: chris, u crack me up.....now the other langeuages you know too!!
I'd think for guys it's be MK or llama.
Girls, I'd have to say as a mentaliy/personality/quirks I'd vote Kas. I mean look at the habits and stuff she got from her grandparents!! ;)

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by Adaon@Apr 4 2003, 06:47 AM
:lol: chris, u crack me up.....now the other langeuages you know too!!
I'd think for guys it's be MK or llama.
Girls, I'd have to say as a mentaliy/personality/quirks I'd vote Kas. I mean look at the habits and stuff she got from her grandparents!! ;)
hmm what's FOB about me:

1. my eating habits and in general, style, are very messy. For instance, i don't comb my hair and i crack chicken bones for marrow.
2. i karaoke to myself [only w/o a mic cuz i dun have a comp one and i'm too lazy to reach for the living room mics that can be plugeged into the karaoke machine]
3. I'm very loud.
4. I'm even prejudiced against other Chinese.
5. I live in Flushing, NY.

What's not FOB:

1. I listen to "white" (which is based on "black") music.
2. I don't speak/read/write any other language than English passably
3. I don't know what any food, etc is called.
4. I'm a jingoistic American.
5. I spent my first 3 yrs of my life in America in Columbia, MO

tough call, but i'm honored i'm a mention in the FOB thread. :) i guess i'm not TOO twinkie.

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by YuheiCarreau@Apr 3 2003, 10:13 PM
I was born outside the US

I'm not Asian American either

I am a citizen of an Asian nation

And I'm still no FOB. It's an attitude thing, man.

I say SWK is the biggest wannabe FOB, and HH is... I dunno, the biggest FOB groupie :P . Dunno who the biggest FOB is, since he/she probably can't post on this forum in English!
Ohh that's cuz you haven't heard me talking yet

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by YuheiCarreau@Apr 3 2003, 10:13 PM
I say SWK is the biggest wannabe FOB, and HH is... I dunno, the biggest FOB groupie :P . Dunno who the biggest FOB is, since he/she probably can't post on this forum in English!
fobby male geek groupie--> specifically engineers

ultimate fob wannabe

clearly i cover two categories

i agree that SWK is BOB

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by golden_buns@Apr 4 2003, 04:50 AM
Originally posted by YuheiCarreau@Apr 3 2003, 10:13 PM
I was born outside the US

I'm not Asian American either

I am a citizen of an Asian nation

And I'm still no FOB. It's an attitude thing, man.

I say SWK is the biggest wannabe FOB, and HH is... I dunno, the biggest FOB groupie :P . Dunno who the biggest FOB is, since he/she probably can't post on this forum in English!
Ohh that's cuz you haven't heard me talking yet
i think golden buns is a strong contender here

[BeTheReds]

Not SWK cuz he knows who Weird Al Yankovic is and covers his songs.

Honestly I don't think anyone here is outright fobby, tho I'm gonna go out on a limb and say me eric and iris, since we are americans in asia. We are fobs, but kinda going the other way.

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by BeTheReds@Apr 4 2003, 08:54 AM
Honestly I don't think anyone here is outright fobby, tho I'm gonna go out on a limb and say me eric and iris, since we are americans in asia. We are fobs, but kinda going the other way.
I'll be in Korea in 2 months, so that'll make me extra-Fob

[Napoleon Chynamite]

how can you be a fob if ur in asia???

fob means fresh off the boat

fresh off the boat FROM asia and probly living somewhere that's, um..not in asia

[golden_buns]

well, I took ESL classes in college

[Napoleon Chynamite]

most asians living in asia haven't gotten on the boat yet so u can't call nun of them fob's

[amietron]

Originally posted by golden_buns@Apr 4 2003, 09:22 AM
I'll be in Korea in 2 months, so that'll make me extra-Fob
golden_buns, how tall are you?

[golden_buns]

6' 2"

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by BeTheReds@Apr 4 2003, 11:54 AM
Not SWK cuz he knows who Weird Al Yankovic is and covers his songs.

Honestly I don't think anyone here is outright fobby, tho I'm gonna go out on a limb and say me eric and iris, since we are americans in asia.  We are fobs, but kinda going the other way.
oh shit you remembered. hahhah!

iris is back in NYC now, and eric is back in rhode island now.

[amietron]

Originally posted by golden_buns@Apr 4 2003, 11:13 AM
6' 2"
You can be invited to Maui, with Meena and Greena, then. :D

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by golden_buns@Apr 4 2003, 02:01 PM
well, I took ESL classes in college
yeah but you were fluent in spanish before, and speak it natively. :rolleyes:

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Apr 4 2003, 11:20 AM
yeah but you were fluent in spanish before, and speak it natively. :rolleyes:
yeah, but spanish isn't the requirement to be an asian-american, it's english and I still suck at it.

Now, if we talk about me being a FOB below Mexico then it wouldn't apply, cuz that's my turf

[d-boy]

i like FOBs....
usually have a clearer sense of themselves and their place in the world than AAs.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by dzoo@Apr 4 2003, 12:35 PM
i like FOBs....
usually have a clearer sense of themselves and their place in the world than AAs.
yea but however...FOBs also do not have both the luxury and difficulty of identity-searching and the possible encompassing of two different cultures as many AA's will have to face.

[amietron]

i like FOBs, too. :)

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Apr 4 2003, 03:37 PM
Originally posted by dzoo@Apr 4 2003, 12:35 PM
i like FOBs....
usually have a clearer sense of themselves and their place in the world than AAs.
yea but however...FOBs also do not have both the luxury and difficulty of identity-searching and the possible encompassing of two different cultures as many AA's will have to face.
the identity searching is such an american thing to do
but hey, they're asian americans after all

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Apr 4 2003, 01:05 PM
Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Apr 4 2003, 03:37 PM
Originally posted by dzoo@Apr 4 2003, 12:35 PM
i like FOBs....
usually have a clearer sense of themselves and their place in the world than AAs.
yea but however...FOBs also do not have both the luxury and difficulty of identity-searching and the possible encompassing of two different cultures as many AA's will have to face.
the identity searching is such an american thing to do
but hey, they're asian americans after all
yea exactly....FOBs aren't born into the same society and situation as AA's, so obviously the problems and/or luxuries they face and receive will be different.

[moschikat]

accents are sexy.

even if they are fobby accents . . . EE! :dance:

[rakovlam]

I am the most fobbiest...

I am born in Hong Kong.
I insistt on speaking fluent Chinese with my family... even though it sucks.
I spend more time with my family than my friends.
I listen popular Cantonese, mandarin, Japanese, and Korean music... via Kazaa.
I play ping pong.

Of course, like most immigrants from Hong Kong, we immigrated in style. Those from Hong Kong are FOB's as in Fresh Off Business Class.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by rakovlam@Apr 4 2003, 04:45 PM
Of course, like most immigrants from Hong Kong, we immigrated in style. Those from Hong Kong are FOB's as in Fresh Off Business Class.
not us. we were dirt poor. not like those people up in toronto and vancouver.

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by rakovlam@Apr 4 2003, 09:45 PM
I am the most fobbiest...

I am born in Hong Kong.
I insistt on speaking fluent Chinese with my family... even though it sucks.
I spend more time with my family than my friends.
I listen popular Cantonese, mandarin, Japanese, and Korean music... via Kazaa.
I play ping pong.

Of course, like most immigrants from Hong Kong, we immigrated in style. Those from Hong Kong are FOB's as in Fresh Off Business Class.
except you're an American jingoist. FOBs are supposed to be apolitical. :)

[moschikat]

damn hot HK parachute kids!!!
they are so good to have as arm candy.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

any arm or eye candy shall be eaten immediately

[moschikat]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Apr 4 2003, 02:13 PM
any arm or eye candy shall be eaten immediately
please refer here (http://forums.yellowworld.org/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=7527&hl=&s=) before proceeding to eat any eye candy upon sighting.

[angelwiththesword]

i nominate myself....aiyaaa!!!!

[Napoleon Chynamite]

how fobby can you guys be man...do any of u struggle for the right grammar all the time when typing ur posts here in english? didnt think so..... :lol:

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by rakovlam@Apr 4 2003, 01:45 PM
I am the most fobbiest...

I am born in Hong Kong.
I insistt on speaking fluent Chinese with my family... even though it sucks.
I spend more time with my family than my friends.
I listen popular Cantonese, mandarin, Japanese, and Korean music... via Kazaa.
I play ping pong.

Of course, like most immigrants from Hong Kong, we immigrated in style. Those from Hong Kong are FOB's as in Fresh Off Business Class.
you don not have an accent my friend, so I still beat you :D

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Apr 4 2003, 02:37 PM
how fobby can you guys be man...do any of u struggle for the right grammar all the time when typing ur posts here in english? didnt think so..... :lol:
check out all the mispellings on my posts. Also Shuriken and HH misenterpreted one of my posts cuz I used the wrong word.

[amietron]

Originally posted by golden_buns@Apr 4 2003, 04:37 PM
Originally posted by rakovlam@Apr 4 2003, 01:45 PM
I am the most fobbiest...

I am born in Hong Kong.
I insistt on speaking fluent Chinese with my family... even though it sucks.
I spend more time with my family than my friends.
I listen popular Cantonese, mandarin, Japanese, and Korean music... via Kazaa.
I play ping pong.

Of course, like most immigrants from Hong Kong, we immigrated in style.  Those from Hong Kong are FOB's as in Fresh Off Business Class.
you don not have an accent my friend, so I still beat you :D
I think Mr. golden_buns wants to be fobbiest YW member. What do you guys think?

[golden_buns]

It's not that I want to, but technically speaking from an asian-am point of view; I am one.

[angel nympho]

OHHHHH OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, PICK ME!!!

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Apr 4 2003, 10:37 PM
how fobby can you guys be man...do any of u struggle for the right grammar all the time when typing ur posts here in english? didnt think so..... :lol:
nah, poor grammar would make you quintessentially dumb American. :) plus, FP, you eat too much to be FOB. you're gonna be a fat American before you hit 40.
in fact, a lot of FOBs have very good written grammar cuz they had to study this stuff for the TOEFFL. On the other hand, a lot of us educated in the American school system have had very few grammar lessons.

i think if you wanna be fob, you gotta blatantly misuse idioms. like "the coat of my teeth" rather than "skin of my teeth" or something.

[Xishi]

QUOTE (rakovlam @ Apr 4 2003, 04:45 PM)
Of course, like most immigrants from Hong Kong, we immigrated in style. Those from Hong Kong are FOB's as in Fresh Off Business Class.

No way man...!! Northern mainlanders are obviously the sexiest of FOBs...we are students...as oppose to Business people...
I mean yeah...we lack financial means...but we are scholars..we are intellectuals...us are the driving force/thinkers of society...

All of my family that immigrated here were mostly graduates of elite universities in China...(Beijing University...Qinghua..Fudan..)

We are of the highest caliber...we are like study machines...

FOBs Kick a$$...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 4 2003, 09:37 PM
nah, poor grammar would make you quintessentially dumb American. :) plus, FP, you eat too much to be FOB. you're gonna be a fat American before you hit 40.
in fact, a lot of FOBs have very good written grammar cuz they had to study this stuff for the TOEFFL. On the other hand, a lot of us educated in the American school system have had very few grammar lessons.

i think if you wanna be fob, you gotta blatantly misuse idioms. like "the coat of my teeth" rather than "skin of my teeth" or something.
CL is right. many fobs are actually very good at written english (the ones that came here because of academics). they just suck speaking it.

[Tao]

Originally posted by Xishi@Apr 4 2003, 11:58 PM
QUOTE (rakovlam @ Apr 4 2003, 04:45 PM)


No way man...!! Northern mainlanders are obviously the sexiest of FOBs...we are students...as oppose to Business people...
I mean yeah...we lack financial means...but we are scholars..we are intellectuals...us are the driving force/thinkers of society...

All of my family that immigrated here were mostly graduates of elite universities in China...(Beijing University...Qinghua..Fudan..)

We are of the highest caliber...we are like study machines...

FOBs Kick a$$...
Haha, my family's from the north, and they both went to Da Lian Light Industrial University. Back then that place was a piece of crap. It was built on farm land, and there was still pigs roaming around there when classes began

[deez nuts]

fob o'licious!

[iris]

Originally posted by BeTheReds@Apr 4 2003, 10:54 AM
Not SWK cuz he knows who Weird Al Yankovic is and covers his songs.

Honestly I don't think anyone here is outright fobby, tho I'm gonna go out on a limb and say me eric and iris, since we are americans in asia. We are fobs, but kinda going the other way.
I'm back in New York now. I de-fobbicized for a month in Missouri to re-suburbanize myself. I thought I had SARS when I came back. Everyone around me at home got sick. Everyone. My roommate, my sister, my friends....I am a bringer of death. I rule.

I liked working and living in Hong Kong. I learned to be a FOB there. Now I know all the major movie and music stars. I couldn't be the most fobbiest member but some qualifications are:

- Mandarin fluent
- likes all Canto-pop/Asian music
- cook old-school Asian style with the foil covering the stove
- have a ping-pong table
- was beaten, uh "spanked," I mean spanked as a child for getting B's in school

but having no accent and working in the rap industry negates me from nomination or any awards.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Apr 4 2003, 09:24 PM
Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 4 2003, 09:37 PM
nah, poor grammar would make you quintessentially dumb American. :) plus, FP, you eat too much to be FOB. you're gonna be a fat American before you hit 40.
in fact, a lot of FOBs have very good written grammar cuz they had to study this stuff for the TOEFFL. On the other hand, a lot of us educated in the American school system have had very few grammar lessons.

i think if you wanna be fob, you gotta blatantly misuse idioms. like "the coat of my teeth" rather than "skin of my teeth" or something.
CL is right. many fobs are actually very good at written english (the ones that came here because of academics). they just suck speaking it.
true..however

FOBs also struggle more with grammar altho their grammar may be more accurate, whereas whether we use correct grammar or not, we just type it out without thinking twice. I was referring more to the amount of hesitation or time it takes for us to express ourselves..i'd say that practically all of us here don't think twice that much to wonder 'hmm does that sound okay/right/correct'.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by iris@Apr 5 2003, 01:19 PM
I thought I had SARS when I came back. Everyone around me at home got sick. Everyone. My roommate, my sister, my friends....I am a bringer of death. I rule.
yeah i thought you might have had the SARS virus too. you said you were really sick and you had trouble breathing, and that's one of the symptoms of the virus. plus, didn't you have to go to Shenzhen right before you left?

[Chris]

Originally posted by iris@Apr 5 2003, 10:19 AM
Originally posted by BeTheReds@Apr 4 2003, 10:54 AM
Not SWK cuz he knows who Weird Al Yankovic is and covers his songs.

Honestly I don't think anyone here is outright fobby, tho I'm gonna go out on a limb and say me eric and iris, since we are americans in asia. We are fobs, but kinda going the other way.
I'm back in New York now. I de-fobbicized for a month in Missouri to re-suburbanize myself. I thought I had SARS when I came back. Everyone around me at home got sick. Everyone. My roommate, my sister, my friends....I am a bringer of death. I rule.

I liked working and living in Hong Kong. I learned to be a FOB there. Now I know all the major movie and music stars. I couldn't be the most fobbiest member but some qualifications are:

- Mandarin fluent
- likes all Canto-pop/Asian music
- cook old-school Asian style with the foil covering the stove
- have a ping-pong table
- was beaten, uh "spanked," I mean spanked as a child for getting B's in school

but having no accent and working in the rap industry negates me from nomination or any awards.
i love my fobby wife.

I adore her uber fobbiness.

She rocks!

[kuanyin]

i'm not sure i'm in support of this post.

:huh:

[lethal]

I nominate ATD based on poor written grammar alone.

[iris]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Apr 5 2003, 02:14 PM
yeah i thought you might have had the SARS virus too. you said you were really sick and you had trouble breathing, and that's one of the symptoms of the virus. plus, didn't you have to go to Shenzhen right before you left?
Yeah, I had all the symptoms except one and I did go to Shenzhen. I should really see a physician, but I figure I haven't died yet so I'm all good.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by iris@Apr 5 2003, 06:23 PM
Yeah, I had all the symptoms except one and I did go to Shenzhen. I should really see a physician, but I figure I haven't died yet so I'm all good.
yeah damn it i kept telling you to go see a doctor!
but now you have antibodies for it. :)

[YuheiCarreau]

Originally posted by iris@Apr 5 2003, 05:23 PM
Yeah, I had all the symptoms except one and I did go to Shenzhen. I should really see a physician, but I figure I haven't died yet so I'm all good.
Forget about you, what about the rest of us?! Maybe the only reason you didn't die is that you're a carrier - and now you've brought SARS over to the US! I live in Missouri now, damn it! :cry: :cry: :cry:


Oh well, at least now I'll know who to blame when I'm dead.

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by iris@Apr 5 2003, 11:23 PM
Yeah, I had all the symptoms except one and I did go to Shenzhen. I should really see a physician, but I figure I haven't died yet so I'm all good.
i wish you had told us this BEFORE eating w/ us. if i die, my ghost is gonna haunt you. :P

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 5 2003, 11:10 PM
i wish you had told us this BEFORE eating w/ us. if i die, my ghost is gonna haunt you. :P
actually that's seriously a very good point. who knows, maybe you've just built antibodies in your body but the virus hasn't been completely killed. iris, maybe you should go to a doctor anyway. just so you don't kill anybody by accident.

[TyroneK(prettypretty)]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Apr 5 2003, 06:32 PM
yeah damn it i kept telling you to go see a doctor!
but now you have antibodies for it. :)
You and me both.

Seriously, I back up what SWK suggests. I don't want to hear one of my friends referred to as "Patient Zero."

[iris]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 5 2003, 10:10 PM
i wish you had told us this BEFORE eating w/ us. if i die, my ghost is gonna haunt you. :P
Eh, we've had a good run, Jing. 22 years of life ain't bad at all.

[lethal]

Originally posted by tazadar@Apr 7 2003, 07:07 PM
Don't die, Iris. You have so much to live for. You are a treasure. Think of the people.
Aren't you the controller of all life anyway?

[Uncle Tat]

*raises hand*

[kasia]

Originally posted by Uncle Tat@Apr 8 2003, 03:05 PM
*raises hand*
isn't uncle tat - i mean, aren't you - leon lai's godfather?